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Llamas on hillside in Peru

Colorama
On view now

George Eastman Museum
The Colorama was one of the longest running corporate advertising campaigns of the twentieth century. First conceived by Eastman Kodak Company in 1949, when Waldo B. Potter was its director of advertising operations, these massive backlit transparencies were designed to demonstrate the brilliance of color photography. Neil Montanus (American, 1927–2019) photographed 55 Coloramas–the most of any photographer. A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Montanus was hired by Eastman Kodak as a staff photographer in 1954. Montanus’s picture was the second Colorama to depict the site of the Incan city of Machu Picchu.
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Upcoming Exhibitions

Still image from Curve the Night Sky.

Peggy Ahwesh: The Night Sky
August 19–November 2, 2025

Multipurpose Hall

The Night Sky is a pair of experimental videos that evoke the sensation of being outside during the summertime, as the evening twilight fades into the darkness of night. Using time-lapse cinematography combined with long exposures, Ahwesh’s camera points skywards as illuminated terrestrial features emerge, shift, and recede against the vastness of space.

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Past Exhibitions